ECONOMIC INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R010800060008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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MAY 1949 'S1.6t
COUNTRY
CLASSIFICATION S~C1cJ~z'~t,~~l?,._ti~:~~y?'- U.~. ()tl'L'~SGlt~itb f.~'~Z
CENT~~~iJ1N r tL[_~C'E~ f~tr'~A~~NCY RE~JR~,
INFORMATIOl~ REPORT co No.
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SUBJECT ~;c:~rgor~ic I.ri~orznati~t~
PLACE
ACQUIRED
TN15 DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U, 5. C.. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER t0 AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15 PRO
HIBITED BY LAW. RE PRO DU CiION OF TNIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
COY NSRB
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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eci~rity {nfarrnation
~. S. ~?FFIClALS 9-_rrt~L
SinnE~e there are .more dollars avai.]a-ble axe
konteaegro than in~tiie othirx ~ugosl~~r Ite}publiea~ the rate of exchange
is conseques-tlg lower.
Pound Sterling ? 'the ?t~ vial rate of~exchange is 1la.0 dinars.
~t available an the open maxke$,
~r~ llil~e ~ I+bt qurted of~..c~.~t31.y. ~lhe rails of exchange cn the ppea
market is frees 6,000 to ?s000 dinars.
Sa.l~riea and 1~es,
Recently a nerpaw ~s.s r~a.ased by Parliament providing f?r
higher salaries and gages..~s ~kvon as iir[ this lara- goes into effeeta,
~( the date has net been set get): railroad fares ~r3.11 asac~ gn up about
300 percent.
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~M lnfurr~ratiot
security
U. S. ~FF!~.~~. Qn~:~G
ITi I~~ii T~~ B~x~~+ (?)
F n,e Plaai~
Ines and repa~.r s and.
lant mamufactvree '~~'?~+~ msg.
T
his P
a' lane engines. Since 1.9~ it Y~a.s been turning out
overYlauls u'P
a icultural tractcs? s under the patent of the A1+~1I~0.
~ cured' .they are sent over to
After th ~ engines have beeaa ~' qZ 2
mounted on the trucks
gam, ulzare they
the TIM (a truck plant r'. M~ } ~
,r,~~~,,R,d ~,,r by t~,is C~'`Y ar Plan ~~led for the construction of
The 5- e
art of ~,~ T+~? ~ fare
~~OOQ enginesand 5~p00 trucks ~ the F
1 0 ply about
ho~rever~ (that is~ for tale entix'~ y~ 95 )
600 oo~leted trucks have been tu~~ed out (?~~
the.- RAKOVZGA engine plat t~,
cost of a complete truck is s~~,~her? around 2 mi7liin dinars..
the ZENICA
ZL~iICA $TE~L MILL
is being eXpanded and nen
nt this at?el mild.
prese
set 'uP? ~ blast furnace is almost
At instal]~,ti~a are being
' hed and it is re'pc?'ted tk~;?t the mill can also turn out
finis ~
cokes
4
r
~ for tl~e regular'
About 10~00o persona arc employed ~ the mi7.]-s
sioa~. Th?re is a .
a~ also fc:r' tt~ xork of
work of th? m3.11 although
loyed
~
r e force of political a~ cc~ Pte-sonars emp
78 g irk.
the latter group' is used exc~usivs~Y for constructic~u
~.G~E1 ~.
~~~~rity infarmat~on
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1~. S, pFF_I~,IALS ON_I,Y
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~ecori~ Information
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~}, ~,, OFFIGIALS ONLY.
TITOVI Z.AVODI Pl.szit (Tito Arsenal. ) ITT
s- This plant manufactures artillery shells ~'Yd.ch do
not exceed 75 millimeters in cal,f.ber? No other information availab~e?
Industrial Plants U$der ~cnstnc~tion
> ,An a is factar^,~ is being constructed an the
River DII.I IJI~ near ~Sara~ evo Fo ca g It i s not know hoR far the
Rork has progressed? 50X1-HUM
In 1950 crnstructic.~~ beY;an on an auras factory NJ,~ LUKA
in BANJA LUSA? This is only hear$ay
PROJECTS FOR NEVP IAIDUSTRIAIa PLA~.'S 50X1-HUM
It is being planne~t. to constructed a large ~~I~
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iron and steel mill is NI3~5IC, ~~,ich mll be ?quipped
furnace a~ undetermined capacitg~ rolling 50X1-HUM
m3.lls~and other installatians.
`lhe prel3.m~i.nary wt>rk will. start in tthe summer o~ 1951 (levela.ng
th. stru.cted in
It i s very 13~~ tha ~; the builder ~o.~n ~I LA D ? Ka v:~ c
1~II{ST.~s s is peg- move
house this factorw~a whicY~ p\~~Pn~?dac(~o~-
NIKSIC ~?~ Y~, ~~ `~ i ~ a tank factory.
because it did not hav? all ve tY~ tank factory very nicely
Thug ~ 3.ron and s teal mi11 ~r~]-I. ser
I1~6T1?-ISAT~~'_TARN TOC~ ~URIIJG THE
II+pUSTRI~
RETURN ID TO YUG~~~.,~---
l s
an iron mine o
mines one located ~n Zr~?I1TCA aYr'd the other in B~tEZA
2 coal. ~
the f~'m of YUGOSLAVEI~KI C ~IK (Yugoslav Steel}
had its main offices in ~,radB and ms's Plants mere
as fo1l.oRSt
a metallurgical plant locat~:d in. ZEI~CA
a foundry located. in VAR.
ated 11ee~? ~~~~'
JKLU~I~I IC
During t~ pre~~' ?ray that im ist 1939]
' tyre caa'Plete 50X1-HUM
urchased fray Germany
In 1939at~his cane had p
a f oun~ry and f ?r a forge. .The order amou~.ted to
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